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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toall whom 'it ma/y concern: I

Be it known that I, ISRAEL FORMAN, of Fairmont,

^ in the county of Marion, and State of Vest Virginia,

'have made certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary-Steamers; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Fignre 1 is a front viewof thev steamer. having a portion ot' its sliding-door broken olf, to show the pans or shelves as arranged within it.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a Ibottom view of the steamer, with a portion of its bottom broken o' to show the open space between the pans and sides of the steamer, and also to show the form of the brackets, which support the pans or shelves in their places.

Figure 4 is 'asectional view of one of the pans.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

This steamer consists of a box or chest, to be used on acommon cook-stove. It is made of sheet-metal, and has a movable sliding-door, and has a water-receptacle in its bottom, to hold water for the generation of steam, and is so constructed as to hold the edibles to be cooked on movable pans or shelves introduced within it Y brackets or ledges, for supporting pans, in such a mauner as to leave an open space on all sides, for the free the pans are held rmly in their place, and at the same time may be conveniently removed.

' To enable others skilled in the art to make and use Now, my improvement'consists in constructing the' my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operations.

In the drawings- A is a box or chest of suitable size, made of sheetmetal, with a slanting top. .As shown in fig. 2, its front side is closed by a movable sliding-door, B.

In the bottom of the box isa deep pan, F, to hold water for the generation of steam.

The box is furnished with,movable.1'ial1sorshelues4 G G, for holding the edibles to be cooked, said pans being supported by brackets, or ledges E E, the ends only of which touch and are fastened to the side of the steamer, as shown at E, Iig. 3, thus leaving an' open space on all sides for the free passage of steam.

The pans or shelves are furnished with a hooking,- liange on their ends, as shown at O, lig.4, to catch on the brackets E E, as shown in g. l.

D, fig. l, is a funnel-mouthed spout, furnished with a common cork, by means of which it may be'opened or closed at pleasure, for the double purpose of either pouring water into or out of the steamer.

In cooking with this steamer it is set on a common cook-stove, and the bottom F is then lled with water, which is allowed to come to a boil, the articles to be cooked are then placed on the pans, or shelves C O, and the sliding-door B is then closed, and the water kept boiling until the edibles are suiciently cooked.

Now, what I claim -as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bracket, or ledgeA E E in connection with the ange 0, constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

' JAMES A. WHITE, JOHN J. MOORE.

ISRAEL FORMAN. 

